Morning journal and courier., 1887-02-01

effort to get this city out of the railroad bus
mess. But all the same she ought to get out
now that there is good chance.
The geography of this country is entirely
too much for Englishmen. In an article in
the Nineteenth Century Lord Brassey locates
Chicago on the banks of Lake Huron.
It seems that not only French wines, but
also California wines, are manufactured in
New York city. Two manufacturers of the
stuff produced Is, 900 gallons month. Many
others are supposed to be in the business.
The spurious wines are made Of glucose, acids
and various coloring matters and favoring
extracts. They are sold in hundreds of gro
ceries and saloons as California wines.
History is apparently not a strong point of
Victorian schools, according to the Bulletin,
published in Sydney, the capital of the
province. Inspector Taylor, who oficiates in
that colony, complains In his report that
many children have hardly an idea who
Queen Victoria is, and that when he asked
what the Prince of Wales would be when the
Queen died, the unanimous answer was,
''Please, sir, an orphan"
Some philanthropic people have opened a
number of cheap butcher shops in London,
but they are only moderate success. Says
one of the directors: We have come to the
conclusion that it is very difficult to make
our shops pay in poor neighborhoods. I
have stood by while the wife of the poor
man has been making her purchases and
have been surprised to find how dainty she
was She likes to purchase nice bit of
steak or a lean chop. Probably this prefer
ence arises from her inability to stew or
otherwise cook larger, coarser and cheaper
cut.
A wholesome decision has just been made
by the Supreme court of Indiana, which has
| affirmed the decision of a lower court, and
sustained the act of April II, 1885, making
| it unlawful for anyone to practice medicine
| without license. The defendant practiced
from August 1 to December of last year, and
having no license he was convicted and fined
The defense set up was that the law is un
constitutional as restricting the liberty of 6
citizen to follow any lawful calling he may
| select. The Supreme court held that physi
claus and doctors were on an equality in that
learning and skill should be predicated OF
both before practice, in order that the people
| suffer no detriment.
The Savannah News says a good word fol
the colored men as follows: For years they
have been quiet but persistent purchasers Of
real estate Their settlements, just without
the municipal limits, almost encircle the
city Some of their houses are quite preten-
tioue and are surrounded by well kept gar
dens These homes were not paid for in 6
year or two, but represent the nxeceeds OF
years of patient toll and the most rigid econ
omy. On some of them there are still mort
cages, which there is not much doubt will be
paid in time 1t is a fact worth noticing
that very few colored men fail to meet the
| payments on their homes, and when they do
| there is always good cause for the failure.
And there is another fact worth noticing. 1t
Is that they pay their taxes willingly and re-
turn their property above, rather than be-
low, its market value. They are not yet
sufficiently civilized to be tax dodgers.
The town council of Paris has lately opened
several night shelters, each of which has
accommodation for several hundred out